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PlayOnLinux is a front-end for wine. It permits you to easily install Windows Games and software on Linux. It is advised to have a functional internet connection.

User reviews:

	Score	Comment
colecrew 1 month ago	1	Hasn't worked once.
chrisphl 9 months ago	5	ElsterFormular läuft einfach, jedes Jahr aufs Neue! :-) Aber auch weitere Programme wie Adobe Digital Editions (DRM-ebooks lesen), unzählige Spiele und MS Office (Wenn man mit LibreOffice überhaupt nicht weiter kommt.).
kory 11 months ago	2	Can get windows games to install Just crashes when I try to set up Age of Empires
ahmedvolks 11 months ago	5	Let me use Microsoft Office on my Linux and other Windows apps
zinou 1 year ago	4	i got fl studio to work with this
EuStress 1 year ago	5	Безальтернативно. Необходимо. Unalternativity. Must have.
GumVonSchweetz 1 year ago	5	Cool GUI for wine.
Mx2uler 1 year ago	5	Its so easy to install win aps with this!
tom_chris 1 year ago	2	i installed it but where it goes don't know
CrimzicZ 1 year ago	3	Very laggy and it takes a while to load up applications :(
martini 1 year ago	5	Very good tool
NaruTrey 1 year ago	4	Несколько неудобный интерфейс, а так хорошая программа
kaushikgm 1 year ago	4	Nice application.
terribleuser 1 year ago	4	Good so far
hrfabarac 1 year ago	4	Estupendo gestor de instalaciones de programas de Windows
dknight 1 year ago	5	Great wine's UI implementation.
deiviit89 2 years ago	4	Funciona, aunque todavía podría ser mas estable
iamraa 2 years ago	5	Работает
starmisr1 2 years ago	3	Great
Gembol 2 years ago	5	Perfecto para instalar APPs de windows
xPEKE 2 years ago	2	not working for the beta of warcraft legion
clash-royale 2 years ago	5	Best way to play Overwatch.
isore 2 years ago	4	Not to bad...
huds 2 years ago	5	é um aplicativo impressionante, com ele vc pode instalar programas e jogos do ruindows, e ainda gerenciar versões do wine
michelsaey 2 years ago	4	Works with League of Legends.
oscar225 2 years ago	3	no acaba de ir al 100% con mucho software que requiere entorno Win32. Resultados inpredecibles.
yashletn 2 years ago	4	Très ergonomique et pratique.
LinuxFan5 2 years ago	4	Ist nicht schlecht!
shevans 2 years ago	5	Super! So much easier to operate wine applications with PlayOnLinux
misopo 2 years ago	5	perfect
donvercety 2 years ago	5	f*** yeahh
greggha 2 years ago	4	Works great, especially easy for beginners. The suggestion of creating a new "VM" (actually just a new C:\ Windows filepath; which can add clutter and duplicity) should be abandonned. Overall POL is a great way to manage WINE, patches and other software.
Cronck 2 years ago	5	Works for most games, great work!
RayoVerde 2 years ago	5	Very useful if you need some Windows application to run on Linux.
denisandroid 2 years ago	4	Мне нравится, отличное дополнение к wine, с помощью PlayOnLinux ставлю спокойно Microsoft офис 2007, и другие игры, есть трудности при установке некоторых приложений, и немного раздражает что разные версии wine на системном диске, а переместить эти виртуальные диски на другой раздел винта нельзя(
di2ger 2 years ago	2	It seems that wine itself works faster. Why do we need this wrapper?
Incandescent 2 years ago	5	A critical application for migrating Windows users who still want to access their old software. Superb program.
skynet03450 2 years ago	5	merci une appli au top pour jouer quand vous n etes pas expert de linux
nemiroff 3 years ago	5	Прекрасная оболочка для wine!!!
w1tchfind3r 3 years ago	5	Now I can play HOMM3 everyday! Goodbye Windows.
Walkman100 3 years ago	5	Actually makes Wine a valid option for running Windows programs
Maggo 3 years ago	5	This makes things so much easier!
TheBeastDam 3 years ago	5	This made me delete the winsows partition for ever.
Wxnzxn 3 years ago	5	Must-have not just for games, but also a lot of software in general. Streamlines the experiences the community gahter into a nice collection of automated scripts, and also is a good interface to further configure wine for applications.
muhaaliss 3 years ago	5	İçindeki Programlar Daha Güncel Olsa Süper Olur Ama Yine Güzel
Trage 3 years ago	5	preconfigured solutions for PC applications.
altenus 3 years ago	5	Muito bom !
renextremo 3 years ago	4	Muy buena aplicación, espero la sigan mejorando aun mas.
kiama-mint 3 years ago	5	so good
kyrillosnagy 3 years ago	5	Tried it before with League of Legends , and it worked nice
signatux 3 years ago	5	Si eres usuario de Linux pero también te gusta jugar en tu ordenador, no tienes que renunciar a nada gracias a PlayOnLinux. Además, con esta interfaz para Wine no sólo podrás instalar juegos, sino también otros tipos de aplicaciones de Windows. Cuenta con un gran número de programas listados preparados para su instalación pero también te permite instalar programas no listados paso a paso. Por último, los usuarios pueden crear sus propios scripts para aquellos programas no listados y compartirlos con la comunidad para así facilitarnos el trabajo de la configuración en nuestras instalaciones.
rickylall 3 years ago	5	Inspirational!!! Just what was keeping me from using Linux
Link9 3 years ago	3	Прога которая качает зависемости для Wine и игр но черт слишком много зависемостей качает.
antongapeev 3 years ago	5	Отличная штука.Не всемогущая, но на правельном пути.
Hammerz 3 years ago	5	Works with LoL, office suite, Photoshop, Apophysis, Diablo III, SC II. For blizzard games, just install one of them with PoL and install others with the blizzard launcher of the 1st you've installed. It's safer and faster
warlock2 3 years ago	4	Great program. easy to use.
cruizer 3 years ago	5	must have for gamers
lucafav 3 years ago	5	Tried with LOL, steam, Assassin's Creed Brotherhood, Tomb Rider... all of them worked!
poly 3 years ago	5	6 stars
NathanJo 3 years ago	4	wem die linux Spiele nicht reichen der soll es sich holen, funktioniert ziemlich gut.
daominah 3 years ago	5	Thanks!
JCH2 3 years ago	1	If you are looking to run more than windows games, look elsewhere. The version of wine behind this is too old to run 32/64bit apps from as recent as 2013. Tested multiple ones, expecially from MS. ADDENDUM: Waste of time; wouldn't install any CD/DVD games locally (DOS or Windows). A commercial trap.
KobaltMR 3 years ago	5	Всегда пользуюсь, помогает)
kiama 3 years ago	4	สุดยอดมากครับ
aroneasadas 3 years ago	5	.K
jcmeyer 3 years ago	5	Thanks to PLAYONLINUX I can use everywhere on my netbook em350 with Linux Mint Qiana, the softphone LIBERTALK of my ADSL provider SFR. Super !
ArkadioG 3 years ago	1	I've tried to install several games (both from original cd and downloaded file) and it didn't worked. When you try to install some game from list, there are issues such as: you have to point to downloaded file, which you don't know where it is becouse installer didn't say where it downloads; it asks for cd drive... etc. Sorry but this is crap
mhdhafizullah 3 years ago	3	good choice
mathpfvr 4 years ago	5	Excelente para jogos originais na Steam que só está disponivel para Windows mas você quer rodar no Linux. Recomendo.
ThE_MarD 4 years ago	5	Heyyo, this is an Awesome front-end for WINE. Very handy and easy to follow install scripts made by the community as well. It covers almost all the gog.com games and beyond. 5/5 :)
Lenon 4 years ago	5	Valo hoeche
Velimor 4 years ago	5	Прекрасная графическая оболочка для установки и запуска программ для Windows с помощью wine.
Fawk 4 years ago	5	Excellent software. Makes it very easy to run Windows programs under Wine.
chegochego 4 years ago	5	This app is choice!
rogermark 4 years ago	4	works well and is very simple !!
chuck271 4 years ago	4	super
KhalVal 4 years ago	4	Makes configuring my games easier. It works for most of my games. I can actually play more games using this and wine than Win 8.
HerrDierk 4 years ago	4	Works great. Most of the games run flawless... with ATI-AMD
Jimppa 4 years ago	5	Perfect!
quake0 4 years ago	5	wine made easy.
MichaelD64 4 years ago	3	sims
roiikkata 4 years ago	5	so cool!
chrismots 4 years ago	3	I had to intall it from the terminal, something is not quite fine with it in Linux Mint 16. Ok, at least it worked in the end.
Irini 4 years ago	4	****
Edprocoat 4 years ago	1	The address wasn't understood Firefox doesn't know how to open this address, because the protocol (apt) isn't associated with any program. You might need to install other software to open this address. I also went to the playonlinux site and could not find a place to download from. I know it must be there and thought it must be me, so imagine when I hit your INSTALL link here and get the message....
immortel 4 years ago	5	Easy to manage and works with multiple version of wine. It is perfect.
jbitbang 4 years ago	5	League of Legends is running but I need to tweak my settings for it to be better than 5fps. I have read that most can get LoL to run ok. The PlayonLinux site also has scripts you can download if you only need that.
kneekoo 4 years ago	4	Great! This is more than a front-end for wine. It's a great help for installing a lot of games that would normally require tinkering with wine parameters or install additional Windows software/dependencies. If it would be simpler than it is, it would be perfect! ;)
booman 4 years ago	5	PlayOnLinux is the easiest method of installing and playing your PC games. 90% of PC games actually run! Make sure you have an Nvidia video card
sansanchez 4 years ago	5	must have, works great!
bambitheslug 4 years ago	5	Updating my review. This package was out of date for quite some time on Mint 14. It's good to see this is finally updated. The latest version works great and makes managing Wine so much easier. I recommend this over the Wine packages to anyone.
Xanthro 4 years ago	4	Adding common /\/\$ stuff, made easy.
linesma 4 years ago	5	Love it! Helped me to install and play my Windows game. Made my migration to Linux much easier. Highly reccomended.
jijames 4 years ago	5	Made installation of Windows games extremely easy. Highly recommended.
dosudi 4 years ago	5	Очень удобная программа для запуска игр для Windows. Не захламляет меню приложений как в Wine
jmart 5 years ago	1	uma merda, não roda a maior parte dos jogos para windows
Trond007 5 years ago	5	No problem playing World of Warcraft with this.
cjrpackwood 5 years ago	5	As stated by others, much easier to use than wine (see my review about wine). I have a LinuxMint 15 machince (Cinnamin Desktop) and installed MS Office 2007 with only one hitch, wine just was a real pain to get to work even with wine help. I am surprised and the large number or Windows software that easily installed and ran...many that are not listed on the wine website. Another reviewer found that PlayOnLinux may request a certain library or library file to run properly...I have also but that was easy to fix. I also noted a reviewer stated that more than one version of wine can be used. That worked also! This is a versitle app that makes Windows software install less painless than wine alone.
stevewood007 5 years ago	5	Much easier than using WINE directly (if your program is listed in PlayOnLinux). LM15 Cinnamon. Worked great for PIcasa (V3.9), Sketchup, and Kindle for PC. Newer version on website installs fine, but needs Curl and some other dependencies installed (it will complain to you on startup)
hrbutt180 5 years ago	5	Its great. Amust have!!!!!!!
miib96 5 years ago	5	Enfin une interface pour wine toujours à amélioré mais l'idée est pas mal
rikinet 5 years ago	4	es muy util para hacer una transicion desde un sistema pago a otro gratuito, aminora el impacto jaja
ericvictor66 5 years ago	5	works perfectly with Olivia for Diablo III
jackharvest 5 years ago	5	An excellent app for those moving over from Windows. It's all-to-often that people give answers like "use wine," which means nothing to many newcomers. THANKS.
jamestargar 5 years ago	3	ok
Rufus 5 years ago	5	makes it easy to play League of Legends on Linux
drizad 5 years ago	2	Get Wine instead. Unless you are into games, Wine is so much straighforward compared to playonlinux. Confusing settings, and some package inside cannot properly run.
ssstylish 5 years ago	5	Allows you tu install several WINE versions (so if the app wont work with one version,it will work with another :D ). I use it Warcraft3(DotA)+Garena+RGC and other applications like Foobar2000 and MS Office
gianpv 5 years ago	5	PlayOnlinux+Wine for Windows games and apps :-). For particular apps you may need Virtualbox+Win.
makushime 5 years ago	5	genial
SDiego 5 years ago	5	Imprescindible!! For newer versions visit their web.
Linuxgamer94 5 years ago	2	Most of the things it can do wine does better.
QreAtop_R3BaCk 5 years ago	5	Respect from Russia=?
jmaz 5 years ago	4	A very good frontend for wine- especially for new users. It makes the process of installing some of the software that can only be found on the Windows platform. For example, there is still no serious chess game software in Linux, but with this utility I was able to install 'Chessbase' applications on my beloved Mint's Cinnamon desktop.
eldavar 5 years ago	4	Much easier than just using Wine to add .exe's.
ulysses 5 years ago	2	Don't need it ..
Galaxy 5 years ago	5	Good, but its a very old version, not updated...
il-k 5 years ago	3	не сразу то и разберёшься
pazuzuthewise 5 years ago	4	Best free frontend for wine (haven't tried crossover). Can manage multiple wine versions. Its only flaw, in my opinion, it is that it doesn't allow running executables located on an ntfs partition.
jahid_0903014 5 years ago	5	It's necessary for running wine properly
telcnas 5 years ago	5	Best way to manage your wine versions and wine based programs.......
fluks 5 years ago	1	Useless. Synaptic shows it as installed but despite logging in-out again, re-booting and looking in the menu editor it won't appear in the menu. If I can't start it, it's useless. Using Nadia with cinnamon.
Hesa 5 years ago	5	Still not perfect ! But very very awesome !
Zulan 5 years ago	5	Lo mejor para correr programas que no estan el LINUX, SIMPLE
yarik 5 years ago	5	Very nice... Install it and just enjoy win32 apps =)
fatd 5 years ago	5	Jessy. Chrome is available for linux.
RytronII 5 years ago	5	I prefer POL far more than Crossover.
danh2os 5 years ago	3	Not bad, difficult to get some games working. Same games run great in Crossover and frame rates are better as well. Definately recommend Crossover.
Jessey-Lawson 5 years ago	1	Most things don't work: sims 3, sonic fan remix, google crome, poke oak, ms office, IE and all things on the launcher. They need to fix this imediently, this is not a finished product it is more like an alpha prototype! Seriously just look at the code for pets sack and then convet it to linuxs win sucks and I hate it.
undiaoscuro 5 years ago	4	Funciona muy bien, pero hay que seguir trabanado!
ewertont 5 years ago	5	otimo suporte para instalção de jogos no wine
nickstuckert 6 years ago	5	Incredible, and such an advancement from even a few years ago.
Spino2006 6 years ago	5	Ein Nettes Tool wenn man nicht so häufig zwischen Linux und Windows hin und her Wechseln will.
dipakboro 6 years ago	5	Super Like !!!! Now I can play my favorite games on linux. In some cases it's running even better than on windows eg."Age of empires"..Much better app than Wine.
Daneel 6 years ago	4	Great app.
BeatSmith 6 years ago	4	Pretty easy interface to work with -compared with Wine-. However, it's still just a front end means that software compatibility depends on Wine. I assure you however that POL would make installing Windows Apps much easier than before.
h8mx 6 years ago	5	Amazing! Not just for games, I managed to get Office 2007 working :)
Kherua 6 years ago	5	Awesome for easily managing several versions of wine as needed!
seifenprinz 6 years ago	2	weil man lieber bei linux bleiben sollte und nicht hilfsmittel benutzen sollte.
Love_Mint 6 years ago	3	برنامج ممتاز
AxXxXo 6 years ago	5	Wine is not even near this tool :) just keep developing!
nzc3 6 years ago	5	The Software is excellent, but unfortunatelly to have the very latest verion I had to uninstall the package, and go to playonlinux webpage and follow octellot installation path to have latest version running which solves a graphic problem for 3D graphic recognition.
darkvoodoo 6 years ago	5	great!
c1pr1an 6 years ago	5	Super!
joemaster9 6 years ago	5	Genial
yusufbolu 6 years ago	4	I could easily install Office 2007. I can work with docx files properly now. Thanks to developers.
ali20 6 years ago	4	best way to run windows apps
scanff 6 years ago	3	Has issues but handy for some apps
dglp 6 years ago	1	Useless when one cannot find the installed application. Can't see why LM11 hasn't got a folder search function built into the file/folder explorer. No point in keeping LM on my machine if I can't find/run the apps I need. Waste of time.
gagash96 6 years ago	3	Works not so good,is not stable,but I ran some games on it.
MarcusKoeck 6 years ago	5	Best way to use wine!
sapiensantiquus 6 years ago	5	Wine is a bit buggy, but the PlayOnLinux guys do improve the gaming experience. I have had games work in PlayOnLinux that had problems with regular Wine.
DrWalrus 6 years ago	5	Keeping in mind emulation is never as flawless at the real thing. I love this program! I pretty much use it for office 2007 suite so far. To install I just used the same instructions on playonlinux website for the newest version of ubuntu, worked no problems so far...
magnaorum 6 years ago	5	kevinnewgam@yahoo.com.br
meresis 6 years ago	5	Application parfaite pour installer Starcraft 2 !!
sunrise-7 6 years ago	1	Messed up dual boot Ubuntu 10.04
kvant 6 years ago	5	кул
mpkingsley 6 years ago	4	Simple, quick, and easy way to tweak wine for supported games & programs. One of the easiest Wine prefix managers out there
glubbar 6 years ago	4	Pretty good! Works with Wine so it still requires some work :)
Swill 7 years ago	5	New version 4.0 !!! 3.8.8 NO LONGER SUPPORTED !!!
gregyboy234 7 years ago	1	terrible. i try to install something and it says this version of playonlinux is no longet supported so i tried to update it. i did. and still.
blueXrider 7 years ago	4	works well
thewilson 7 years ago	5	MICROSOFT OFFICE 2007! (enough said)
alexgordon25 7 years ago	5	I hope I never need to use MS Windows again!
NerofromDE 7 years ago	3	windows imitation -.-, only a few games work
player0k 7 years ago	5	Great!!!
zapa 7 years ago	2	never worked for me
vicente1938 7 years ago	5	exelente para los juegos de w$nchu$
Argent 7 years ago	2	Sadly I had no luck. Might just be me but using wine directly is far more successful
ravidtank 7 years ago	4	its good
jeremi360 7 years ago	5	This and I d'not have Window$ any more
grhdtj 7 years ago	5	Excellent
houtleem 7 years ago	3	no succes with most games
srajdacom 7 years ago	5	wery good application
fcole90 7 years ago	5	great!
B_Tide 7 years ago	5	a bit heavy! but great!
gamezzy 7 years ago	3	Ok, not very user friendly, my family always needs me to help them with it.
c0rehacker 7 years ago	5	beautiful
ozgur 7 years ago	5	wonderful, iAm trying to run ms office on it :)
dardevelin 7 years ago	5	If your noob and want to play something or install some windows program this if for you... Just Works Great
diemensionseffect 7 years ago	5	p.e.r.f.e.c.t. but 1 game still missing is league of legends x)
ludmila 7 years ago	5	отличная работа!!!
mactar 7 years ago	5	mactar c'est super de pouvoir quitter windows
hexram 7 years ago	5	Now you can shutdown Windows for good
akash211 7 years ago	4	Very good emulator, now I can leave windows completely
zaenal1234 7 years ago	5	very good & perfect, to run my exe file, heavyweight.
Elisa 7 years ago	4	Good and might be useful ;)
dajunka 7 years ago	2	I have tried every which way, but could get nothing to work on this, and it gives no indication as to why it won't work.
leiric 7 years ago	5	Ran all the games I installed from it flawlessly and in some cases even faster than on their native OS.
cmaew04 7 years ago	5	Helps you to install everything needed to run a program. Comes with lots of preconfigured profiles to automatically download everything you need. I got rid of Windows because I can play my games now.
grim 7 years ago	4	User friendly interface.
ChirmiPlay 7 years ago	5	Buenísimo. Tengo el AOE clásico y el NFS:MW instalados y corriendo perfecto.
Derathor 7 years ago	5	If its not here, you can get the latest version from its official website: http://www.playonlinux.com/en/ (p.s. The Ubuntu pack will work for Linux Mint users)
feyyyd 7 years ago	5	must have!
noman2008 7 years ago	5	best emulator
efthialex 7 years ago	5	Really awesome!
blackbird80 7 years ago	5	Works very good, tested it with Quake 3, who needs Windows ? :)
Delikamdee 7 years ago	5	Absolument génial! indispensable à tous Gamer ;)
dado023 7 years ago	2	where is 3.8.5 version?
mikefreeman 7 years ago	5	Absolutely a must-have if you need to install a Windows program.
Adidi 7 years ago	5	Version 3.7.3-1 freeze my computer Mint 9 KDE 64 -> 3.8.3
donald_duck 8 years ago	5	Indispensable en attendant de vrai portage par les éditeurs ties
Zazama 8 years ago	5	Its perfect
Richard 8 years ago	5	Le complément indispensable à wine !
tviblindi 8 years ago	4	À perfectionner mais vraiment bien
bowlofspiders 8 years ago	5	Great program for running window applications

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